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Disabled internet users say accessibility service AccessiBe, used by 120K+ sites, and others make sites less usable and use the fear of lawsuits to drive sales (Todd Feathers/VICE)

Todd Feathers / VICE:Disabled internet users say accessibility service AccessiBe, used by 120K+ sites, and others make sites less usable and use the fear of lawsuits to drive sales  —  AccessiBe aims to make the internet fully accessible to the visually impaired by 2025—but activists say the company’s AI is making things worse.

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Substack shares details on its Pro program after criticism, saying 30+ writers with a “diverse set of viewpoints” have signed up, none of whom are anti-trans (Substack Blog)

Substack Blog:Substack shares details on its Pro program after criticism, saying 30+ writers with a “diverse set of viewpoints” have signed up, none of whom are anti-trans  —  In recent days, we’ve heard from some people who are concerned that we might have been using Substack Pro …

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Riva Health exits stealth with $15.5M seed led by Menlo Ventures to build a smartphone app that can measure blood pressure using a camera flash (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch:Riva Health exits stealth with $15.5M seed led by Menlo Ventures to build a smartphone app that can measure blood pressure using a camera flash  —  A scientist and the co-founder of Siri raise millions for a stealthy digital health startup  —  Riva, founded by scientist Tuhin Sinha …

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Looking for Climate Solutions? Protect More Ocean, Researchers Find.

Among the surprising findings in a new paper on marine ecosystems: Trawling releases as much planet-warming carbon each year as global aviation.

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EV Connect Pilots Large US V2G Project

EV Connect and its partners are launching a V2G project designed to find out whether bi-directional charging is practical in real world use.

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IIHS Dishonestly Using Speed Limits To Bash ADAS

A recent study by IIHS tries to frame Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) like Tesla’s Autopilot as potentially dangerous, because drivers speed more often while using the systems. The study’s authors found that drivers using no assist features speed 77% of the time, while people using adaptive cruise speed 95% of the time and people…
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Southeast Energy Exchange Market is the first step for renewable project developers

Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) is the latest effort by utilities in the southeast to organize themselves to realize cost savings with scale. Until now, an energy imbalance market from the west is a living market model for multi-state governance and market participation. None of the southeast or west models go as far as the…
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“What Moves People?” Drives NREL Mobility Behavioral Scientist To Find Answers

Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Patricia (Paty) Romero-Lankao arrived in Colorado in 2006 and found her way to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in 2018 to grow a new mobility behavioral science capability. “How people behave and make decisions are social science questions, not technical ones,” Romero-Lankao said. Understanding what factors influence people’s choices…
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Join The CleanTechnica Community – Officially!

Dear Readers, This community we call CleanTechnica is an important one to all who make it possible, and we know it’s important to all of our readers, as well. Our goal is to impact the climate crisis by diligently covering all things clean tech every single day, and we’ve been hard at work towards this…
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